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Una ecología política de minería indígena responsable: Dilemas, disputas y desafíos en la comunidad Shuar de Congüime de la Amazonía ecuatoriana
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2020 (Spanish)In: Revista Chilena de Derecho y Ciencia Política, ISSN 0718-9389, Vol. 11, no 1, p. 66-101Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [es]

Desde 2016, la comunidad indígena Shuar de Congüime en la Amazoníaecuatoriana tiene la concesión para extraer oro en su territorio mediantesu empresa comunitaria Exploken Minera. Con su misión de una mineríasocio-ecológicamente responsable, invirtiendo los ingresos en la comunidad ysin usar químicos o metales pesados, este modelo único se contrasta con la extracciónminera transnacional e ilegal en territorios indígenas. Con inspiraciónteórica y metodológica de la ecología política, justicia ambiental y el post-desarrollo,así como la conceptualización de utopías reales, este estudio etnográficotrata de las experiencias de gobernanza y justicia socioambiental de la empresacomunitaria y los dilemas, disputas y desafíos que emergen en la comunidadcon esta nueva situación. El resultado indica que varios desafíos estructuralessiguen sin resolverse. Si bien las experiencias de responsabilidad socioecológicade Exploken constituyen una opción ante el extractivismo destructivo yconsiderando la mejora de las condiciones de vida de muchas familias Shuar,surgieron nuevas tensiones sociales en Congüime, incluso transformacionesde las estructuras de poder social.

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Since 2016, the Shuar indigenous community of Congüime inthe Ecuadorian Amazon has held the gold mining concession in its territorythrough the community company Exploken Minera. With its mission of sociallyand ecologically responsible mining, investing the incomes in the communityand without using chemicals or heavy metals, this unique model contrastswith transnational and illegal mining in indigenous territories. The presentethnographic study, which draws theoretical and methodological inspirationfrom political ecology, environmental justice, post-development and the conceptualizationof real utopias, deals with the experiences of socio-environmentalgovernance and justice of the Shuar mining company, and the dilemmas,disputes and challenges that emerge in the community in this unprecedentedsituation. The result indicates that structural challenges remain unsolved.While Exploken's experiments in socio-ecological responsibility constitute analternative to destructive extractivism, and considering the improved livingconditions enjoyed by many Shuar families, new social tensions have emergedin Congüime, including transformations of social power structures.

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2020. Vol. 11, no 1, p. 66-101
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Amazonía ecuatoriana, Ecología política, Justicia socioambiental, Minería indígena, Shuar
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Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalisation Studies)
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Political Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-184267DOI: 10.7770/rchdcp-V11N1-art2110OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-184267DiVA, id: diva2:1460283
Available from: 2020-08-23 Created: 2020-08-23 Last updated: 2022-09-07Bibliographically approved

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